In Press: Last interglacial dunes in Victoria

This paper presents the first ever dated chronology for the series of dune fields and foredunes of the Gippsland Lakes area, Victoria. The authors used ground penetrating radar and luminescence dating to gain a picture of the coastal foredunes through time. A prograded coastal plain formed as a series of foredune ridges 125,00 years ago.…

In Press: Commentary on Rocky Coast Research

The spatial and temporal timescales of rocky coast research has been integrated in a new commentary: Kennedy, D. M., Coombes, M. A., and Mottershead, D. N. (2017) The temporal and spatial scales of rocky coast geomorphology: A Commentary. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4150. The authors David Kennedy, Martin Coombes and Derek Mottershead identified a…

In Press: Rocky Coast Hazard Index.

Just out in the journal Natural Hazards is the latest research into quantifying the dangers of rocky coasts. Here David Kennedy, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Adam Weir & Barbara Brighton have developed a method to calculate wave hazards on shore platforms. This index is a first in rocky coast hazard research. It utilises fundamental landscape characteristics such as platform elevation,…

In press: UAV monitoring of storm impact

In press is the latest research by David Kennedy, Dan Ierodiaconou and Alex Schimel on the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s to monitor coastal storm events. UAV’s were deployed before and after a storm event. Onshore erosion and offshore deposition of sand can be easily identified using the UAV. This technology is definitely a leap forward in understanding and…